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. >> obama: what's my plan. first we create a million new manufacturing jobs and help businesses double their exports. give tax breaks to companies that invest in america. not the to ship jobs overseas. >> other parts of the president's plan include cutting oil imports in half, training new teachers and workers bringing down student loans and reducing the deficit. that ad is airing in seven key states. over the next month and a half, we can expect both campaigns to target unlikely voters. that is because early voting is already underway and early voters tend to be educated, informed motivated. basically, they already know who they're voting for. what's left are the undecided and unlikely voters and we can expect both campaigns to work hard to get those people to the polls. meanwhile, florida is trying to keep people away. the state's officially restarting its voter purge with less than six weeks to go until election day. florida stopped its effort earlier this year when its purge list was obviously inaccurate. n
. >> obama: what's my plan. first we create a million new manufacturing jobs and help businesses double their exports. give tax breaks to companies that invest in america. not the to ship jobs overseas. >> other parts of the president's plan include cutting oil imports in half, training new teachers and workers bringing down student loans and reducing the deficit. that ad is airing in seven key states. over the next month and a half, we can expect both campaigns to target unlikely...
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obama care that both sides agreed? right? getting rid of excess spending, fraud, waste and end mid care this 714 i thought it was 716. i want to be sure we get all three in. they claim if you are on medicare today you don't have to worry about anything. there is going to be no change whatsoever. >> no sense. so the affordable care act provides some significant relief for seniors in the medicare program. there are two very important benefits that they receive first, preventive care for free, no dead you can'tibles or co pays. secondly medicals millions of is heiors fall into a gap of coverage called the doughnut hole. that comes to an end as a result of the affordable care act. if you repeal the affordable care act, you are taking away those benefits from seniors that the affordable care act provides. >> i'm sorry. i saw something over the weekend where that doughnut, i want to be sure people understand, you get rid of the doughnut, it's about $1,700. right? that seniors would have to shell out on their own. >> more tha
obama care that both sides agreed? right? getting rid of excess spending, fraud, waste and end mid care this 714 i thought it was 716. i want to be sure we get all three in. they claim if you are on medicare today you don't have to worry about anything. there is going to be no change whatsoever. >> no sense. so the affordable care act provides some significant relief for seniors in the medicare program. there are two very important benefits that they receive first, preventive care for...
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obama is getting a lot of credit for what appears to be obama's surge in the polls. even the romney people will tell you the obama's at least two or three points ahead right now. they've -- they credit clinton with a lot of that. no doubt there is a close relationship. we also have the factor that hillary clinton may run again for president in four years hanging over this. >> bill: president obama -- i mean president clinton saying he's no idea whether she's going to run again. you know what? you remind me. peter, if we can president was asked last night -- yesterday on "the view," barbara walters suggested the possibility -- we've all talked about hillary running in 2016. barbara walters raised the possibility of another first lady running and the president's response was kind of -- was very interesting. here's how that exchange went. >> he should run -- she should run for office but she says she doesn't want to. [ applause ] >> obama: michelle would be terrific but temperamentally i just don't think that -- >> no, it's absolutely true. it takes a lot of patience to
obama is getting a lot of credit for what appears to be obama's surge in the polls. even the romney people will tell you the obama's at least two or three points ahead right now. they've -- they credit clinton with a lot of that. no doubt there is a close relationship. we also have the factor that hillary clinton may run again for president in four years hanging over this. >> bill: president obama -- i mean president clinton saying he's no idea whether she's going to run again. you know...
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they lost, obama won. are boehner and company going to be more willing to compromise now do you believe? >> you were talking about this before. i think they are saying that they're more flexible. they're saying they would take more revenues. if you listen very carefully to what the president said and what john boehner said, they're saying very similar things. president obama in his address in the east room did not once mention raising taxes. >> bill: i caught that. i know that. right. >> listen, he campaigned on it. boehner's aides who i've been talking to a lot and i cover obviously, are betting that obama had a campaign message and now it is time for the governing message. you saw that on friday. he did not mention race. paper said we're not going to raise tax rates but we're raise tax revenues. they're saying something very similar. what they're looking like they're going to do is keep rates the same for the time being. take the loopholes close them. some of the deductions, cap deductions. that will bri
they lost, obama won. are boehner and company going to be more willing to compromise now do you believe? >> you were talking about this before. i think they are saying that they're more flexible. they're saying they would take more revenues. if you listen very carefully to what the president said and what john boehner said, they're saying very similar things. president obama in his address in the east room did not once mention raising taxes. >> bill: i caught that. i know that....
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i'm willing to defend obama's record. instead, we're talking about mitt romney's big question, what's he trying to hide in his tax returns. why doesn't he release them. ray is calling from up in buffalo, new york. what do you say? >> caller: hi, good morning. what do we know about mitt romney? we know he doesn't want to be responsible for anything. he don't want to be responsible for his swiss bank account his cayman island bank accounts, for moving his money offshore. we know that he doesn't want to be responsible for throwing thousands of people in the street when he was ceo at bain capital. >> bill: especially, ray during those last three years at bain capital which he's trying to deny. >> that's right. he doesn't want to be responsible for being ceo on paper for those three years. and he doesn't want to be responsible for lying on his disclosure form for the president of the united states that he had nothing to do with bain capital. he was clearly attending board meetings and signing off -- >> bill: flying back and fo
i'm willing to defend obama's record. instead, we're talking about mitt romney's big question, what's he trying to hide in his tax returns. why doesn't he release them. ray is calling from up in buffalo, new york. what do you say? >> caller: hi, good morning. what do we know about mitt romney? we know he doesn't want to be responsible for anything. he don't want to be responsible for his swiss bank account his cayman island bank accounts, for moving his money offshore. we know that he...
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or one point obama. and two, on the battleground polls, the latest ones i saw from cbs last night president obama up in virginia, up in ohio up in i think the others were tied in florida. >> it was virginia florida and ohio. >> bill: yeah, right. why the difference between them and what's going on? how do you read it? this is your last chance before election day so -- >> i think this has been one of the most frustrating elections because the polling has been so schizophrenic. >> bill: people are worried. >> between national and state. here's what i would say. listen i think the president you know, is now in a stronger position to win. that doesn't necessarily mean he will win. and the reason i qualify that is because underneath all of the polls and particular state polls are assumptions about likely voters meaning what is the turnout going to be. i can tell you looking at the demographic breakdowns, it is really simple. if minority turnout in particular amongst blacks, hispanics, young voters is not as h
or one point obama. and two, on the battleground polls, the latest ones i saw from cbs last night president obama up in virginia, up in ohio up in i think the others were tied in florida. >> it was virginia florida and ohio. >> bill: yeah, right. why the difference between them and what's going on? how do you read it? this is your last chance before election day so -- >> i think this has been one of the most frustrating elections because the polling has been so schizophrenic....
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obama did not. and it's not that -- i don't know what it w the president decided he wasn't going to get down and dirty but he just let mitt romney get away with too many lies. i saw last night ed schultz threw up his hand and said what happened to president obama tonight? i thought mike murphy, who was with john mccain in 2000 and then with mitt romney the last time around, john mccain -- mike murphy i thought said it well last night that mitt romney was better than his campaign, president obama was not as good as his campaign. you know, what i -- what bothered me the most is that president obama let mitt romney get away with lie after lie after lie. because it's not that mitt romney always told the truth. he didn't. he told lie after lie after lie but the president didn't challenge him. didn't rebut those lies. $716 billion at least three times mitt romney said that president obama cut $716 billion out of medicare. i want to save medicare. he cut $716 billion out of medicare. that went right out of
obama did not. and it's not that -- i don't know what it w the president decided he wasn't going to get down and dirty but he just let mitt romney get away with too many lies. i saw last night ed schultz threw up his hand and said what happened to president obama tonight? i thought mike murphy, who was with john mccain in 2000 and then with mitt romney the last time around, john mccain -- mike murphy i thought said it well last night that mitt romney was better than his campaign, president...
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we'll be back and tell what you president obama is up to today. he's got one eye on the supreme court. that's for sure. be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." the real world and politics collide on "the gavin newsom show." for elon musk what could possibly be next? if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens your throat or tongue swells you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems
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"the obama hate machine" the koch brothers use all of their money to try to defeat barack obama. what a difference. >> isn't bill gates giving all of his money away? >> that's why his net worth has gone down. they're giving so much of their money away. >> it wasn't very kind to call him a loser. >> many in l.a. are excited for the arrival of the space shuttle "endeavour" as it heads to the museum there environmentalists are in an uproar. the shuttle arrives at the l.a. airport and then it will be transported on a big trailer on city streets to the california science center. cbs tells us that in order to make the trip through the city, they're cutting down over 100 trees on major roadways so the kings of the shuttle will fit on the road. the science center, however, has promised to plant four new trees for every one tree it cuts down. 78-foot wide retired space orbiter will take a 12 mile drive through the city. >> bill: i have to tell you. when i was in l.a., i was a member of the board of an organization, great organization, still going called tree people. and we planted -- >> o
"the obama hate machine" the koch brothers use all of their money to try to defeat barack obama. what a difference. >> isn't bill gates giving all of his money away? >> that's why his net worth has gone down. they're giving so much of their money away. >> it wasn't very kind to call him a loser. >> many in l.a. are excited for the arrival of the space shuttle "endeavour" as it heads to the museum there environmentalists are in an uproar. the shuttle...
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"the obama hate machine." i spell it all out about the koch brothers, the paperback edition of my latest book out now in the book stores and if you want a signed copy, go to our web site at billpressshow.com and tell us how you want it inscribed to yourself or a friend or colleague and we'll get it out to you right away. book and mailing and shipping and all of that for just $16.99. we're trying to figure out what's wrong with white males. if you look across the board today, women obama up double digits. latinos up way way way multiple double digits. among african-americans he's up among seniors young people. mitt romney leads barack obama only among white males. what the hell's wrong with us. terry is in kalispell montana. hi terry. >> caller: how are you bill? thanks for taking my call. bill, i spent 20 years in the army. i'm a retired army first sergeant. my last assignment was at fort ord. i'm familiar with the area around there seaside and the like. i've had a lot of black people work for me. a lot of whi
"the obama hate machine." i spell it all out about the koch brothers, the paperback edition of my latest book out now in the book stores and if you want a signed copy, go to our web site at billpressshow.com and tell us how you want it inscribed to yourself or a friend or colleague and we'll get it out to you right away. book and mailing and shipping and all of that for just $16.99. we're trying to figure out what's wrong with white males. if you look across the board today, women...
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it was obama versus romney. he keep come back to this that you heard bill crystal say what the hell are we doing as a party? even tom kohl said let's buy in 98% and get it out of the way and take credit for it. why is bajner refuse to go schedule a boat on that proposal. >> obtain doesn't have the votes. simple math, this is sort of the reality of washington. >> doesn't have the votes to block it? >> he doesn't have the votes to pass any kind of tax reform from his own caucus. they operate by a rule called the majority of the majority. effectively the house republicans will do whatever the majority of their caucus says is okay with. you know, they don't have that majority. >> if they deck -- okay. i am trying to understand where boehner is coming from. right? >> yeah. >> bill: because i think this is a time for sleepered. i am say that. not you. if he allowed that the democrats would vote for it. they don't need that many republicans. it seems to me that the pressure, then, on the republicans, a good number of t
it was obama versus romney. he keep come back to this that you heard bill crystal say what the hell are we doing as a party? even tom kohl said let's buy in 98% and get it out of the way and take credit for it. why is bajner refuse to go schedule a boat on that proposal. >> obtain doesn't have the votes. simple math, this is sort of the reality of washington. >> doesn't have the votes to block it? >> he doesn't have the votes to pass any kind of tax reform from his own caucus....
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they may endorse obama. question is can they get their members to vote for him and can they whip up the enthusiasm they have, anything close to 2008? a lot of labor leaders are holding back because he didn't do anything once he got in about the employee free choice act. he didn't do anything -- he hasn't done anything about raising the minimum wage. he hasn't been there fighting for organized labor. look, he's better for it than romney. don't get me wrong. you know my feelings about that. he hasn't gone out of his way to really be the champion of the labor unions and businesses have done better than ever under obama. corporate profits at an all-time record high in this country. ceo salaries back up where they were before the crash of 2008. their bonuses are back. they are fatter than ever. and wages are lower than ever. the dow has more than doubled under president obama and his policies. so you can go on and on about all of the good things that have happened under president obama and now comes the nbc news
they may endorse obama. question is can they get their members to vote for him and can they whip up the enthusiasm they have, anything close to 2008? a lot of labor leaders are holding back because he didn't do anything once he got in about the employee free choice act. he didn't do anything -- he hasn't done anything about raising the minimum wage. he hasn't been there fighting for organized labor. look, he's better for it than romney. don't get me wrong. you know my feelings about that. he...
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and you got barack obama for the middle class. mitt romney either for nobody or for his hampton buddies. 1-866-55-press. i think it is a winner for barack obama. 1-866-55-press. damn it, what the president said is absolutely true. the middle class deserves a tax break that will grow this economy and the wealthiest americans who have had a tax break for the last 12 years doesn't deserve one don't need one and we can't afford to continue to give them that tax break. we're going to do anything about the deficit or the debt. i think obama's on the right track. what do you say? 1-866-55-press. off to a good start this tuesday morning. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. thanks to head and shoulders for men. four shampoos that give men game-winning scalp protection, great looking hair... and confidence [ male announcer ] up to 100% flake free with head & shoulders for men. dose of politics from a fresh brought to you by expedia. what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100%
and you got barack obama for the middle class. mitt romney either for nobody or for his hampton buddies. 1-866-55-press. i think it is a winner for barack obama. 1-866-55-press. damn it, what the president said is absolutely true. the middle class deserves a tax break that will grow this economy and the wealthiest americans who have had a tax break for the last 12 years doesn't deserve one don't need one and we can't afford to continue to give them that tax break. we're going to do anything...
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the "the obama hate machine." it is true, sue says, obama is an illegal. he's a muslim and never even became an american. to most -- the most uninformed people are the people who listen to you. you should be taken off the air and like olbermann you will be taken out. i'm sorry, sue. i stand by my statement. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: hello, everybody, good morning. thursday, may 24. good to see you today. welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. your morning show where we tackle all of the big stories of the day. tell you what we think it means and take your calls at 1-866-55-press. great to see you today. thank you so much for joining us. and among other things, we want to talk about, how do you like this for allies. remember that doctor in pakistan who helped us find osama bin laden? gave us some information directed us to that house in islamabad? well, pakistan just sentenced that doctor to prison for 30 years for treason. maybe we ought to send the c.i.a. in to free that doctor. we'll get into that and a whole lo
the "the obama hate machine." it is true, sue says, obama is an illegal. he's a muslim and never even became an american. to most -- the most uninformed people are the people who listen to you. you should be taken off the air and like olbermann you will be taken out. i'm sorry, sue. i stand by my statement. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: hello, everybody, good morning. thursday, may 24. good to see you today. welcome to the "full court...
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michelle obama took the girls by herself to spain once. president obama didn't go. the family has not taken one vacation. i think ann romney is confusing hawaii with a foreign country. they went across the ocean damn it! it is a foreign vacation. then there's mitt romney in pennsylvania talking about his experience at wawa. anybody on the east coast knows it is wawa. >> where do you get your hoagies here? do you get them at wawas? i went to a place today called wawa's. anybody been there? i'm sorry, i know it is a very big state. we went to wawa's. i went in to order a sandwich. you press the touch tone key pad and the sandwich comes out. press this. go pay the cashier there is your sandwich. it is amazing. >> bill: oh, my god. this has been around for years. what's he talking about? he is so stunned. you push the buttons to order your sub sandwich. duh! he reminds me of pappy bush when daddy bush went into a supermarket, president running for re-election the first time he had been in a supermarket probably since he was 3 maybe or something, right? he couldn't belie
michelle obama took the girls by herself to spain once. president obama didn't go. the family has not taken one vacation. i think ann romney is confusing hawaii with a foreign country. they went across the ocean damn it! it is a foreign vacation. then there's mitt romney in pennsylvania talking about his experience at wawa. anybody on the east coast knows it is wawa. >> where do you get your hoagies here? do you get them at wawas? i went to a place today called wawa's. anybody been there?...
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with barack obama. and he went on and on and on. he was like your 89-year-old grandfather sitting at the thanksgiving table who tells story after story after story and won't shut up. but this was prime time. he screwed mitt romney and all of the republicans -- he talked 15 minutes rambled, i should say for 15 minutes and he said some things which frankly didn't belong on prime time like this imaginary conversation now with barack obama about what obama wanted clint eastwood to tell mitt mitt romney to do. >> i'm not going to shut up. it's my turn. so anyway, we got -- we're going to have -- we're going to have to have a little chat about that. and then i just wondered -- all these promises and i wondered about you know, when the -- what? what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. he can't do that to himself. [ laughter ] >> bill: of course that's what dick cheney told pat leahy to do on the floor of the united states senate. he tells -- you hear the crowd laughing? they're clueless
with barack obama. and he went on and on and on. he was like your 89-year-old grandfather sitting at the thanksgiving table who tells story after story after story and won't shut up. but this was prime time. he screwed mitt romney and all of the republicans -- he talked 15 minutes rambled, i should say for 15 minutes and he said some things which frankly didn't belong on prime time like this imaginary conversation now with barack obama about what obama wanted clint eastwood to tell mitt mitt...
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. >>> traveling to columbia for the president obama look-alike competition. escorted by what i presume is a secret service look-alike competition. the judges decide who is the most convincing commander in chief. this year's price going to carlos alberto perez in a related story donald trump has just added, he was not born in columbia. >>> finally the win with a glass of wine. nothing likely at the end of the day like a glass of bordeaux. but who wants to go to the hassle of pouring your glass. now with this handy contraption. turn the crank for several minutes and before you know it you're enjoying a glass of wine. >>> and it comes with the added bonus of making your home look like a medieval torture chamber. speaking of medieval torture claimers, there is the state of arizona making women watch abortions before they can legally have one. next. >> the statement is direct and kurt. quote, i would like to make a law mandates a woman watch an abortion being performed before undergoing one. that was written by a woman state representative and it's the latest shot
. >>> traveling to columbia for the president obama look-alike competition. escorted by what i presume is a secret service look-alike competition. the judges decide who is the most convincing commander in chief. this year's price going to carlos alberto perez in a related story donald trump has just added, he was not born in columbia. >>> finally the win with a glass of wine. nothing likely at the end of the day like a glass of bordeaux. but who wants to go to the hassle of...
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president obama finally part of their campaign yesterday always very clever. obama operation. they came up with a way for all americans to be able to sound off on this issue. he noted that if the tax cuts on the middle class on the 98% do go up, middle class americans will pay $2,000 more in taxes every year. that means $2,000 out of your pocket so the president's asking people to tell members of congress what that -- what you could do with that $2,000. what that $2,000 would mean to you and they're sending -- asking people to send their stories to their member of congress. republican or democrat or to their united states senators and they've done so by coming up with a twitter hash tag. it's hash tag my 2k. president obama announcing it. >> obama: tell members of commerce what a $2,000 tax hike would mean to you. call your members of congress. write them an e-mail. post it on their facebook walls. you can tweet it. using the hash tag my 2k. not y2k. [ laughter ] my 2k. >> we figured that would make it easier to remember. >> bill: my 2k. we're tweeting it out ourselves. you sh
president obama finally part of their campaign yesterday always very clever. obama operation. they came up with a way for all americans to be able to sound off on this issue. he noted that if the tax cuts on the middle class on the 98% do go up, middle class americans will pay $2,000 more in taxes every year. that means $2,000 out of your pocket so the president's asking people to tell members of congress what that -- what you could do with that $2,000. what that $2,000 would mean to you and...
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the polling that suggested that obama was beating each of the republican contenders by sizable numbers. was this a surprise? did it an outlier? interpret it for me. >> you should be careful looking at polls in individual states. you want to look at the president's approval rating, right now it's the 50/50 proposition, maybe a little bit better. you want to look at the economy and maybe look towards candidate favorability ratings. i think to go into the state by state math is a little too soon for that. michigan will be a difficult state for romney because of the stance you take one state off the map, that could make a fair amount of difference. but which states will lied to the best paths we don't know and we won't know for the next several months. >> we'll check in with you before the election. nate silver, "the new york times," as always a pleasure. >> thank you chief. >> we did not shortchange the adviser where he said romney is like an etch-a-sketch. in-depth on that later in the hour and we're glad he didn't make a reference to winky dink. >>> sanford, brought to you by advil. mak
the polling that suggested that obama was beating each of the republican contenders by sizable numbers. was this a surprise? did it an outlier? interpret it for me. >> you should be careful looking at polls in individual states. you want to look at the president's approval rating, right now it's the 50/50 proposition, maybe a little bit better. you want to look at the economy and maybe look towards candidate favorability ratings. i think to go into the state by state math is a little too...
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now couldn't stand obama anymore. he was going to vote for romney. and things are so tough when he got out of college key get a job and had to go back and live at his parent's house. he seems like the perfect candidate for fox news, right? so they invited him on fox and friends and it turns out he was just pulling their leg. here he is with gretchen carlson who realizes halfway through this that this guy isn't serious. >> why now are you supporting mitt romney? >> it is actually a funny story. i lost a basketball game to a friend of mine. he was a huge supporter of this show. [ laughter ] >> she's thinking uh-oh. >> so it sounds like you're not being serious. >> i'm also disappointed in the direction obama has taken this nation. i will be casting my ballot for mitt romney. >> okay. and true that you had to go back and live with your parents after you graduated from college? >> oh, yeah, after i went to college, i had to live with my parents this summer and i'm back on my own. i'm on national tv. i feel like i'm doing
now couldn't stand obama anymore. he was going to vote for romney. and things are so tough when he got out of college key get a job and had to go back and live at his parent's house. he seems like the perfect candidate for fox news, right? so they invited him on fox and friends and it turns out he was just pulling their leg. here he is with gretchen carlson who realizes halfway through this that this guy isn't serious. >> why now are you supporting mitt romney? >> it is actually a...
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we are still waiting to hear obama's numbers. here is a little excitement to start out your week: nasa safely landed curios it on mars, a car-powered robot powered by plutonium. here are the first few images. curiosity will look for new signs of early life on mars. coming up on full-court press, jonathan allen of politico with the latest on the tea party, and as always, we are live in chat current.com/bill press. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. hershey's drops. a lot of hershey's happiness in little drops of milk chocolate. and cookies n creme. pure hershey's. joining us. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me, man. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: broadcasting [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press show. >>. >> hey, there has always been a lot of curiosity about the planet mars. now, there is curiosity on the planet mars. the rov
we are still waiting to hear obama's numbers. here is a little excitement to start out your week: nasa safely landed curios it on mars, a car-powered robot powered by plutonium. here are the first few images. curiosity will look for new signs of early life on mars. coming up on full-court press, jonathan allen of politico with the latest on the tea party, and as always, we are live in chat current.com/bill press. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the...
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president obama. >> obama: the contrast is pretty stark. they can run it if they want but the truth of the matter is you can't just make stuff up. that's one thing you learn as president of the united states. >> bill: you can't just make stuff up which is a nice way of saying you can't just get throughout and lie through your teeth. that's exactly what mitt romney is doing. again, his ad approved by him. his voice on it. with an outright lie about barack obama and what he does then -- pardon me -- romney, rather than defend that ad orú pull that ad, he's attacking president obama for an ad that obama -- the obama campaign did not produce. the obama campaign did not pay for. that president obama did not approve. and an ad that only ran once on television and that was by accident when a local television station played it when they shouldn't have. so this idea that the obama campaign is running some kind of negative campaign, the worst campaign we've ever seen is absolute pure nonsense. i thought the president did a good job of putting that d
president obama. >> obama: the contrast is pretty stark. they can run it if they want but the truth of the matter is you can't just make stuff up. that's one thing you learn as president of the united states. >> bill: you can't just make stuff up which is a nice way of saying you can't just get throughout and lie through your teeth. that's exactly what mitt romney is doing. again, his ad approved by him. his voice on it. with an outright lie about barack obama and what he does then...
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now it is happening under obama. we of have no choice but to be on the side of history here. >> try to influence it as best we can. >> bill: joe cirincione, evan, join in. we haven't talked about egypt yet. 1-866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show" live on your radio and on current tv. who watch our show to be able to come away armed with facts and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. (vo) when the clock runs out when the last card is played what will be remembered? explore the lives of the famous and infamous who changed our world forever. experience the drama, back to back to back. of all the hours in all their days, the ones you'll never forget are the final 24. the final 24 mini-marathon this sunday on current tv. save the best for last. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: we've got it covered here on the "full court press." congresswoman do
now it is happening under obama. we of have no choice but to be on the side of history here. >> try to influence it as best we can. >> bill: joe cirincione, evan, join in. we haven't talked about egypt yet. 1-866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show" live on your radio and on current tv. who watch our show to be able to come away armed with facts and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to...
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president obama. over george w. bush and as president obama said in the debate, which was an oil man. romney keeps using that 14 pest figure. >> exactly. and why not. if you've got the 14% for one year why not use it? >> bill: because it's a lie. >> of course. but if you've got 14% in one year. >> bill: he says it is down 14% under obama. >> it is not true. and it is a fudge and it is obfuscation and it is very unfair. but that's what he's got. he kept doing this -- you know, sort of answer my question thing of asking a question, asking a question asking a question. by the way, this was a complete breach of the rules whereby it says in one subparagraph on its own, you may not direct a question to your opponent. it says you can't do that. and he wouldn't allow the president to answer the question in his own way. which the president eventually did do. >> bill: so the third thing coral, is according to mitt romney, there may have been some drilling on private lands but no drilling on federal lands so the
president obama. over george w. bush and as president obama said in the debate, which was an oil man. romney keeps using that 14 pest figure. >> exactly. and why not. if you've got the 14% for one year why not use it? >> bill: because it's a lie. >> of course. but if you've got 14% in one year. >> bill: he says it is down 14% under obama. >> it is not true. and it is a fudge and it is obfuscation and it is very unfair. but that's what he's got. he kept doing this...
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barack obama or mitt romney? the response was 52%, barack obama relates to average voters. 30%, mitt romney. >> right. >> i guess people kind of know who mitt romney is. don't they? >> i think there has been an effective effort by the white house to isolate mitt romney. you know with bain it was the foreign bank accounts. in aggregate, all of these people have come together and said people don't get a sense of him as the sort of guy, you would want to have a beer with the guy. i don't think mitt romney is that person. so i think that part of campaign has been won by the white house. of course, conventions often reset that. in the is still a dog fight with everything that has happened. >> absolutely. >> we are still within, you know, low single digit did. swing states are still swing states. this thing is not over and which is kind of appalling to me when you think about how big the chasm should be between the two parties at this point. i am a little mystified which tells me quite frankly, bill, we haven't done th
barack obama or mitt romney? the response was 52%, barack obama relates to average voters. 30%, mitt romney. >> right. >> i guess people kind of know who mitt romney is. don't they? >> i think there has been an effective effort by the white house to isolate mitt romney. you know with bain it was the foreign bank accounts. in aggregate, all of these people have come together and said people don't get a sense of him as the sort of guy, you would want to have a beer with the guy....
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obama is out in front in florida by nine points, and in ohio, president obama is up by ten points. but some republicans seem to have trouble accepting the polls as valid. >> i trust our numbers, and that's what we're basing our decisions off of. >> eliot: good luck with that. in ohio romney accepted the endorsement of golf legend jack nicolaus. >> romney: it's great to have senator rob portman. he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much. he keeps beating me up and i keep shaking my head. obama deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter claimed to think the same about romney. >> mitt romney is actually pretty good on his feet in debates. as these things go challengers normally win the first debate just by standing on the stage with the president, they could get a lift. >> eliot: romney has had plenty of practice standing on both sides of every issue. here is what he august. >> romney: the president has now raised taxes on the middle class. >> see there is one thing he has not done in the first four years that he said he is going to do in the n
obama is out in front in florida by nine points, and in ohio, president obama is up by ten points. but some republicans seem to have trouble accepting the polls as valid. >> i trust our numbers, and that's what we're basing our decisions off of. >> eliot: good luck with that. in ohio romney accepted the endorsement of golf legend jack nicolaus. >> romney: it's great to have senator rob portman. he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very...
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is this the way to beat barack obama? can you believe how low the republicans will stoop and here we go again with citizens united, enabling these wealthy individuals, the latest joe ricketts to go out and launch a hate campaign, put millions and millions, no limit to the amount of money they can put into these super pacs to create their own super pacs. 1-866-55-press. first jumping into the spin room, john boehner yesterday of course saying we've got to do something about this budget deficit and the fact that we haven't -- so he says, we're going to shut -- we're willing to shut down the government unless we can have trillions of dollars more in domestic spending cuts. nothing on the pentagon. of course. and john boehner says we're only doing the country a favor by doing this. >> there's debt -- this debt crisis is standing in the way of a lot of employers hiring new people. the fact that no one knows what the tax rates will be in january. causes businesspeople and investors to sit on their hands because the picture is u
is this the way to beat barack obama? can you believe how low the republicans will stoop and here we go again with citizens united, enabling these wealthy individuals, the latest joe ricketts to go out and launch a hate campaign, put millions and millions, no limit to the amount of money they can put into these super pacs to create their own super pacs. 1-866-55-press. first jumping into the spin room, john boehner yesterday of course saying we've got to do something about this budget deficit...
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and vote obama. and just to keep the peace home, they're not going to let their husbands know. [ laughter ] >> bill: all right clarence. by the way i saw one article this morning about about the obama still with a huge lead among women. not so -- it's interesting, of all of the different constituencies, the one that looks like mitt romney has are white males. which i'm mightily ashamed of. what's wrong with us? i don't know. and the people that you registered, do you know the percentage of young women versus young men? >> yeah, we register more women than men. >> bill: i'm not surprised. dumb ass men. [ laughter ] >> then, of course, we know in the last election, young people voted for the president about two to one. and our polling is showing similar margins among some people this time around for the president. of course, the question becomes do those young people supporting the president show up or those supporting governor romney. >> bill: right. that's the turnout. the turnout is the key today in
and vote obama. and just to keep the peace home, they're not going to let their husbands know. [ laughter ] >> bill: all right clarence. by the way i saw one article this morning about about the obama still with a huge lead among women. not so -- it's interesting, of all of the different constituencies, the one that looks like mitt romney has are white males. which i'm mightily ashamed of. what's wrong with us? i don't know. and the people that you registered, do you know the percentage...
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did you know that president obama -- do people in wisconsin know that president obama has endorsed tom barrett? >> i think many people gave up on waiting for president obama or even vice president joe biden to come to town. there's all of these sort of online petitions happening to even get the dnc or the democrat governor's association to spend more money. wisconsin is part of the democrat strategy to win in november. look at their five strategies. all include wisconsin and wisconsin has gone democrat in the presidential elections for the last couple of cycles. however, the same poll that we looked at, that we talked about that has walker leading 52-45 also has obama leading so i think that the obama administration is pretty confident about winning wisconsin and i think they are also -- have underestimated how important what's happening here is to the national scene. the conservatives though know how important it is. >> bill: they sure do. >> elizabeth raises a great point. people in wisconsin gave up waiting for biden and obama. if democrats lose this the obama supporters in wisconsi
did you know that president obama -- do people in wisconsin know that president obama has endorsed tom barrett? >> i think many people gave up on waiting for president obama or even vice president joe biden to come to town. there's all of these sort of online petitions happening to even get the dnc or the democrat governor's association to spend more money. wisconsin is part of the democrat strategy to win in november. look at their five strategies. all include wisconsin and wisconsin has...
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the obama administration. and people, testimonials from real individuals who have been hurt by mitt romney's policies at bain capital. are you better off today? are we better off as a people today than we were four years ago? i say damn straight. what do you say? 1-866-55-press. 20 minutes after the hour. we'll come back and take your calls here on the "full court press" live from charlotte north carolina. and the democratic national convention. we'll be right back. be a part of our on-air and online coverage. >>now that is politically direct. (vo) ...after the premiere of joy behar: say anything cover the convention. but only current puts you at the collision of tv and social media, providing unsurpassed insight into the most buzz worthy tweets, posts and pontifications, from the entire social stratosphere including you. join in, tweet us, and you could be a part of our on-air and online coverage. >>now that is politically direct. (vo) ...after the premiere of joy behar: say anything so... [ gasps ] these are
the obama administration. and people, testimonials from real individuals who have been hurt by mitt romney's policies at bain capital. are you better off today? are we better off as a people today than we were four years ago? i say damn straight. what do you say? 1-866-55-press. 20 minutes after the hour. we'll come back and take your calls here on the "full court press" live from charlotte north carolina. and the democratic national convention. we'll be right back. be a part of our...
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that is what obama did. obama wanted to take that money and not take the money. he wanted to give to the states and best way to give these people jobs. he failed on that one too. >> bill: i didn't see the interview, donald. maybe it is that chris used up all of his fire in the morning. not sure. but i'll tell you one thing, the other side of it is nobody takes newt gingrich seriously about anything anymore. i don't know if you saw the coverage about the newt university yesterday. it was a colossal embarrassment. nobody showed up! >> newt university. >> bill: nobody showed up because nobody cares. raunchy penis. >> i think we've started something. >> bill: i think pat started something. i've never heard that before. >> i haven't either. i like it. >> bill: can we steal it? >> absolutely. >> bill: what the hell not. we steal all of the best lines. >> you steal them from us. you steal them twice. >> bill: metro hasn't delivered but a cab has. judd legum is next. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." on my crunchy onion chicken because it's america's number on
that is what obama did. obama wanted to take that money and not take the money. he wanted to give to the states and best way to give these people jobs. he failed on that one too. >> bill: i didn't see the interview, donald. maybe it is that chris used up all of his fire in the morning. not sure. but i'll tell you one thing, the other side of it is nobody takes newt gingrich seriously about anything anymore. i don't know if you saw the coverage about the newt university yesterday. it was a...
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mitt romney says he is going to change president obama's policy the policy president obama announce add week ago but he doesn't say how he is going to do that. my, we will get into that coming ahead. we will look at karl rove who may face a potential libel or defamation lawsuit because of some things he said on fox news. a lawyer is demanding a public retraction from karl rove. we will explain it all. it's a great show ahead when the bill press show continues in just a couple of minutes. first, it is time for the current news update with jacki schechner. good morning to you. happy friday. >> happy friday to you, david. good morning, everyone. president obama travels to orlando today to speak to the national association of latino elected officials, the same conference where mitt romney spoke yesterday. david mentioned a week after the president announced his policy change that he would stop the deportation of some young undocumented immigrants, mitt romney is offering little in terms of comparable policy. he says he would support legal policy to those who serve in the military and those
mitt romney says he is going to change president obama's policy the policy president obama announce add week ago but he doesn't say how he is going to do that. my, we will get into that coming ahead. we will look at karl rove who may face a potential libel or defamation lawsuit because of some things he said on fox news. a lawyer is demanding a public retraction from karl rove. we will explain it all. it's a great show ahead when the bill press show continues in just a couple of minutes. first,...
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obama won this election. here he is yesterday on cbs news. >> the president was committed elected on the basis that he was not romney and that romney was the proof he had and that you should vote against romney. he won by two points. >> did he really say that? >> bill: romney was a poopy head. >> i'm going to search the transcripts. >> bill: i don't remember that. >> it would have been creative. >> maybe that was during the debate. i don't know. >> bill: i must admit i've heard people called a lot of names in politics. >> poopy head. >> it may have happened on "saturday night live." >> they were so believable. >> bill: speaking of poopy heads, donald trump is back in the news. >> did he ever leave? my goodness. >> bill: no. he made a fool of himself toward the end with this $5 million pledge that he was trying to -- get president obama to release the college transcripts. what's the latest on trump? he's going to go away. >> he's been tweeting up a storm after the election. he called for revolution. >> bill: y
obama won this election. here he is yesterday on cbs news. >> the president was committed elected on the basis that he was not romney and that romney was the proof he had and that you should vote against romney. he won by two points. >> did he really say that? >> bill: romney was a poopy head. >> i'm going to search the transcripts. >> bill: i don't remember that. >> it would have been creative. >> maybe that was during the debate. i don't know....
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obama. >> her husband is jay-z. >> bill: yes. >> one u.s. marine has an ambitious goal to help the wounded warrior project. sergeant enrique trevino of florida is on his way to doing one million pushups this year all for the charity. he tells abc -- >> bill: is that like nonstop? >> one million pushups for the year. >> bill: nonstop? >> it started out as a new year's resolution. starts his day by doing 500 pushups before going to work. he does them about every five to ten minutes. does anywhere from 25 to 50 in one sitting before breakfast. then he kicks it up a notch during his lunch break. 30 minutes straight! gets 600 pushups done during lunch. he's ahead of schedule. he's done 845,000 pushups so far this year. >> i just did the math by the way. to do a million in one year, you have to do 2,739 pushups every day! >> he does that -- a lot of times more so occasionally he can take a day off. >> i only do 1,000 a day. >> bill: i only do 50 before i come over in the morning. and then another
obama. >> her husband is jay-z. >> bill: yes. >> one u.s. marine has an ambitious goal to help the wounded warrior project. sergeant enrique trevino of florida is on his way to doing one million pushups this year all for the charity. he tells abc -- >> bill: is that like nonstop? >> one million pushups for the year. >> bill: nonstop? >> it started out as a new year's resolution. starts his day by doing 500 pushups before going to work. he does them...
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i think that sort of hurt obama. he also doesn't have that signature thing that he's driving toward because the big government is not very popular right now. it is difficult to say -- he can say i want 100,000 teachers or new construction jobs but he's stuck in the middling generalities about it instead of saying i want to build a super train that goes from los angeles to california. >> eliot: tim, who would have thought that barack obama, we could say he doesn't have the vision thing. we think he's so smart and he is. we think he does have vision and i think he does. but he has not presented it. he has never articulated his conception of what government is for, except, as you say, beyond the -- when it came to government -- he built it, infrastructure is the high-speed rail that no one thinks will get done in our lifetime. doug this is what bothers me. he did not lay the foundation for this anywhere along the past three and a half years. it is easy for mitt rom -- romney to mock it. >> the thing about the $90 billio
i think that sort of hurt obama. he also doesn't have that signature thing that he's driving toward because the big government is not very popular right now. it is difficult to say -- he can say i want 100,000 teachers or new construction jobs but he's stuck in the middling generalities about it instead of saying i want to build a super train that goes from los angeles to california. >> eliot: tim, who would have thought that barack obama, we could say he doesn't have the vision thing. we...
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ohio, obama up by 5. mitt romney is there again today but president obama is going back there again. they'll be pounding it. it is particularly the president's rescue of the american auto industry that has put him in the lead in ohio. that's not going to go away. new hampshire, obama is up by just 1. but that's a conservative state. obama is carrying it. wisconsin, key state paul ryan's home state president obama is up by 3. iowa president obama up by 2. nevada, he was there again yesterday. he was there the week before. joe biden was there yesterday. today maybe that the president -- anyhow, they're both there and i know the vice president was there yesterday. i believe president obama went there after -- yes he did. day after he joined the jay leno show yesterday. nevada president obama up by 4. florida looks like a tie right now. virginia looks like a tie. colorado looks like a tie. all three of those are still in play. but if you look at the battleground states, president obama, that's where he has th
ohio, obama up by 5. mitt romney is there again today but president obama is going back there again. they'll be pounding it. it is particularly the president's rescue of the american auto industry that has put him in the lead in ohio. that's not going to go away. new hampshire, obama is up by just 1. but that's a conservative state. obama is carrying it. wisconsin, key state paul ryan's home state president obama is up by 3. iowa president obama up by 2. nevada, he was there again yesterday. he...
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obama was a lecturer at the law school. mrs. obama was an executive there. the daughters went to the school. close friend of the couple was the chairman of the board. we could go on and on and on. even susan is an executive there now. and their donor community, some of them are on or have been on the board and their house is near campus. >> bill: it is a great university. >> david axelrod is launching his own institute of politics there formerly opens in january. so it would seem that if there's going to be -- if you're going to put it anywhere, this is the most logical place to put it. but obama also told jonathan alter in his book on the first year that he was even thinking of maybe a virtual library but there's going to be a brick and mortar place someplace. it may not be the scale of the kennedy library or clinton but it is interesting that now we know the timetable. we know the unveiling. this breaks out in the open more. i bet obama will not look forward to the massive fund raising that goes along with these places. >> bill: i want to put in my pitch,
obama was a lecturer at the law school. mrs. obama was an executive there. the daughters went to the school. close friend of the couple was the chairman of the board. we could go on and on and on. even susan is an executive there now. and their donor community, some of them are on or have been on the board and their house is near campus. >> bill: it is a great university. >> david axelrod is launching his own institute of politics there formerly opens in january. so it would seem...
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where is barack obama? will mitt romney ever go near this? how do we crystallize the support absent the president who talks about it? >> i think we need to bring it to their attention in as many places and in as many ways as we can. it has happened in so many states, the college campus in virginia, virginia tech. it has happened in arizona, a member of congress. and now -- we don't have to have one in all 50 states to have our elected officials pay attention to it. they should be able to extrapolate if it can happen in aurora, it could happen in yonkers or new jersey. people need to face the consequences of a decision that they do by not doing anything. i don't know who it was that said when good men remain silent, that's the worst kind of evil as possible. i think our elected officials need to stand up and start talking about this because americans are dying in movie theatres. children are dying. 6-year-olds are dying unborn children are dying because their mothers were hit by guns. it is a national disgrace. we need to start talking about i
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. ♪ >> cenk: president obama and first lady michelle obama did a joint appearance on "the view." republicans are livid about this. why? because they said oh my god, he was in new york for a day and a half and he didn't meet with prime minister netenyahu. >> he has time for whoopi goldberg? but he doesn't have time for world leaders? >> chris, look the president is going to be actively involved at the un general assemblies -- >> giving a speech -- >> chris, they have telephones in the white house. last week we talked to the leader in libya. >> cenk: look meeting with foreign leaders has nothing to do with whether he'll get elected or not elected, fund raises which they all have time for, that has a lot to do with the election. they'll make time for the media and the "the view" is very important for the female demographic. so that's part of it. and what he hasn't met with netenyahu enough? >> believe me he has met with them plenty of times and knows exactly where the prime minister stands. what did they discuss on "the view"? they discussed libya, and what they would do after the p
. ♪ >> cenk: president obama and first lady michelle obama did a joint appearance on "the view." republicans are livid about this. why? because they said oh my god, he was in new york for a day and a half and he didn't meet with prime minister netenyahu. >> he has time for whoopi goldberg? but he doesn't have time for world leaders? >> chris, look the president is going to be actively involved at the un general assemblies -- >> giving a speech -- >>...
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is obama too busy for wisconsin? he was giving eight different interviews in six different swing states and here he is at wbay in greenbay let's listen. >> there were a lot of democrats in the. >> the truth of the matter is as president of the united states, i have a lot of responsibilities. i was supportive of tom and have been supportive of tom. obviously, i would love to have seen a different result. >> all right. chris, let me start with you. too busy to go to wisconsin? >> i am not buying it at all. this is the second most important election for the democrats. it wasn't just his schedule. the democratic party as you can see, out spent 8 to 1. you know, i just -- i don't understand the long-term thinking. whenever there is a risk, you know, when he has to fight or something, the president will back away from that fight. this just reminds me, too much of that. >> interesting he has time to do 8 interviews after the election, including one in wisconsin and he didn't have time to send out anything but a tweet. is cl
is obama too busy for wisconsin? he was giving eight different interviews in six different swing states and here he is at wbay in greenbay let's listen. >> there were a lot of democrats in the. >> the truth of the matter is as president of the united states, i have a lot of responsibilities. i was supportive of tom and have been supportive of tom. obviously, i would love to have seen a different result. >> all right. chris, let me start with you. too busy to go to wisconsin?...
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president obama is edging up in the polls with a boost from women voters. while the far right is pushing mitt romney to name wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his run running mate. we start with the numbers. the latest poll has president leading romney by 7% and it also among registered voters nationwide. a three-point pick up since july. breaking the cnn numbers down by gender. men prefer the president romney by six points while women gave the president a nine. point edge over his republican opponent. in colorado, where roadside bomb campaign the past two days has obama leading romney by eight points. mr. obama was in pueblo, colorado where he told supporters to get ready for an advertising onslaught boone on. >> obama: over the next three months you'll see more negative ads more money spent than you've ever seen in your life. >> eliot: including the latest ad from the romney campaign attacking president obama's requiring contraception services in employers healthcare plans. >> eliot: the president counter that after an introduction from georgetown law st
president obama is edging up in the polls with a boost from women voters. while the far right is pushing mitt romney to name wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his run running mate. we start with the numbers. the latest poll has president leading romney by 7% and it also among registered voters nationwide. a three-point pick up since july. breaking the cnn numbers down by gender. men prefer the president romney by six points while women gave the president a nine. point edge over his republican...
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ok, and even president obama said: >> when he signs it bo, that's actually president obama tweeting that out. who's responsible for this mess? i guess it would be mitt romney best friends according to his own admission. >> i got a lot of good friends the owner of the miami dolphins and the new york jets, both owners friends of mine. >> oh, are they? you might want to give them a ring and say hey can you just pony up $4,000 a game. you're making $9 billion. he's not alone. woody johnson the owner of the jets is the finance chair for mitt romney's campaign and brags about how much he knows mitt romney. watch. >> he's very, very funny. >> funny? >> ann talked about it last night. i don't think the american people have seen that so far but he is a riot. >> he's a riot. he told me don't pay those refuse, keep all the money for yourself. that goes to the income and in quality is rifo throughout the country. they won't even share it with the game that they profit off of. robert reich said: >> that is exactly right. so let's bring robert in right now. he is a professor at berkeley and also now t
ok, and even president obama said: >> when he signs it bo, that's actually president obama tweeting that out. who's responsible for this mess? i guess it would be mitt romney best friends according to his own admission. >> i got a lot of good friends the owner of the miami dolphins and the new york jets, both owners friends of mine. >> oh, are they? you might want to give them a ring and say hey can you just pony up $4,000 a game. you're making $9 billion. he's not alone....
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do he said exactly the opposite of what obama has done. can you find any scintilla of what he has said that will help the middle class? >> no, and also he is bent on accepting paul ryan's budget, which will cut almost all of the investments we are making in our work force. romney is anti-union. look at what romney did as a -- as an investment banker, a private equity manager in terms of the type of companies he took over. many of those people were laid off, and many companies couldn't survive and the workers ended up not better off in many of those not better off in many of those instances. >> all right. e-book "beyond outrage: what has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy and how to fix it," thank you for your time this evening. >> thanks elliot. >> he is now trying to hitch a ride where the secretary of state. coming up on "viewpoint." viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the it almost makes me wan
do he said exactly the opposite of what obama has done. can you find any scintilla of what he has said that will help the middle class? >> no, and also he is bent on accepting paul ryan's budget, which will cut almost all of the investments we are making in our work force. romney is anti-union. look at what romney did as a -- as an investment banker, a private equity manager in terms of the type of companies he took over. many of those people were laid off, and many companies couldn't...
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recovery took too long and was too tepid and that's obama's fault. that's hard to make resonate when you're economy is adding 250,000 jobs a month. but when you get a report like that, when it's less than half of that figure, that starts to sound like it making a bit more sense. >> if there is a fundamental divide in this the arc of this campaign, it's going to be whether or not the economy picks up quickly enough for concerns about the economy to drive voters or not. and for president obama with job numbers like today if the trend continues to be down below 400,000, suddenly he'll be playing defense and not offense. that's how i see this macro-level. tell me if i'm wrong about that. >> that's exactly right. there is a fine line when morning america and the light being too far at the end of the tunnel for voters to really change their perceptions about who they want to have running the country. and at 250 250,000 jobs a month with the unemployment rate ticking down, many think their jobs are secure and now there are different options, the encome bene
recovery took too long and was too tepid and that's obama's fault. that's hard to make resonate when you're economy is adding 250,000 jobs a month. but when you get a report like that, when it's less than half of that figure, that starts to sound like it making a bit more sense. >> if there is a fundamental divide in this the arc of this campaign, it's going to be whether or not the economy picks up quickly enough for concerns about the economy to drive voters or not. and for president...
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here to unravel this mystery, is former assistant secretary of state for pubic affairs under president obama, p.j. crowley. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> good evening, eliot. >> help me out here i have been reading these stories as they have been emerging. explain to me -- who is mr. chen and why is the entire world focused on him? is he that important? was he that fundamental of civil rights voice in china. >> well, you gave a pretty good synopsis of what he is trying to do what makes him unusual as an activist in china who has come to the attention and not positively so the chinese government is actually his instinct was to find a way to continue his activism while staying in china. the united states has a long history of -- of bringing activists from china, safe passage in asylum in the united states so this was potentially a revolutionary situation. unfortunately china has reverted back to form. they have been cracking down on dissidents for a number of years since the beijing olympics. they don't want to see a beijing spring, and it has been a very tough time for mr. chen
here to unravel this mystery, is former assistant secretary of state for pubic affairs under president obama, p.j. crowley. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> good evening, eliot. >> help me out here i have been reading these stories as they have been emerging. explain to me -- who is mr. chen and why is the entire world focused on him? is he that important? was he that fundamental of civil rights voice in china. >> well, you gave a pretty good synopsis of what he is...